Bogota Open: Pigossi makes second round

Brazilian Laura Pigossi advanced to the second round of the Bogota Open by winning against Argentinian Nadia Podoroska, the No 5 seed, 6-4, 6-1 at the Country Club Bogota on Tuesday.

Pigossi, ranked No 119, will play Romanian Irina Bara next.

Bogota WTA 500, other first-round results (Country Club Bogota, clay, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

1. Marie Bouzkova vs. Rebecca Marino
2. Iryna Shymanovich vs. Laura Siegemund
3. Emiliana Arango vs. Julia Riera: tuesday
4. Yuliana Monroy vs. Francesca Jones: tuesday
5. Tatjana Maria (2) beat Anna Bondar: 6-3, 6-2
6. Anca Alexia Todoni (Q) beat Lucrezia Stefanini: 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
7. Hailey Baptiste beat Tamara Zidansek: 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
8. Camila Osorio (6) beat Marina Stakusic (Q): 6-4, 6-2
9. Cristina Bucsa (4) beat Xiaodi You (Q): 6-1, 7-5

10. Irina Bara beat Katarina Zavatska (Q): 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
11. Kamilla Rakhimova (8) beat Valentina Mediorreal Arias (WC): 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-1
12. Jule Niemeier beat Nuria Brancaccio (Q): 6-2, 6-3
13. Sara Sorribes Tormo (3) beat Maria Timofeeva: 6-1, 6-3
14. Sara Errani beat Yulia Starodubtseva: 6-2, 7-6 (5)
15. Renata Zarazua beat Mariana Isabel Higuita Barraza (WC): 6-0, 6-0